Posted by seldomseen on May 10, 2009, at 11:17:02
In reply to CBT is not very popular around here. Why?, posted by SLS on May 10, 2009, at 7:01:16
My therapy is largely relationship based, and my therapist is purely psychodynamic. In fact, I don't think he has a CBT bone in his body.
It used to make me quite angry that he seemed to be perfectly fine with the fact that I felt like crap, felt horrible about myself and was filled with self-negating thoughts. I felt as though I would leave his office with no real way of helping myself. However, his emphasis remained on understanding where those thoughts come from, interpretation and building the relationship betwen us.
I think, as my inner core strengthened through the relationship with him, that *I* began to implement CBT on my own. I began to directly challenge some of my own thoughts. While I never gave myself homework, I would check to see if I was overgeneralizing or just in general being toxic to myself. I began to change those "tapes".
So, in a very long way, I guess I'm saying that I agree with you about the two forms of therapy being complementary.
Seldom
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